CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
- Event: 2019 PSAC Softball Championships
- When: May 1-4, 2019
- Where: Quakertown, Pa.
- Venue: Veterans Park
- First Round Matchup: (PSAC West-1) Gannon vs. (PSAC Central-3) Mansfield
- Game Time: Wednesday, May 1 at 12 p.m.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
- Ticket Prices: Adults (May 1-2): $15; Adults (May 3-4): $10 | Children 12&U: Free | PSAC Students: Free w/ ID
- Directions: GPS Address: 145 E Pumping Station Rd, Quakertown, PA 18951
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TOURNAMENT COVERAGE
PSAC INFORMATION
PSAC GAME SCHEDULE (Will be updated daily)
Wednesday, May 1
Game 1 No. 3 (E) Kutztown 10, No. 3 (W) Edinboro 0 (5 Innings)
Game 2 No. 1 (W) Gannon 11, No. 3 (C) Mansfield 1 (5 Innings)
Game 3 No. 2 (C) Lock Haven 5, No. 2 (E) Shippensburg 2
Game 4 No. 1 (E) West Chester, No. 2 (W) Seton Hill 2
Game 5 No. 3 (3) Kutztown 14, No. 1 (C) Bloomsburg 1 (5 Innings)
Game 6 No. 3 (W) Edinboro 7, No. 3 (C) Mansfield 2 (Loser Eliminated)
Thursday, May 2
Game 7 Seton Hill 5, Bloomsburg 1 (Loser Eliminated)
Game 8 Shippensburg 11, Edinboro 2 (5 Innings) (Loser Eliminated)
Game 9 Lock Haven 4, Gannon 2
Game 10 Kutztown 8, West Chester 3
Game 11 Gannon 5, Seton Hill 4 (Loser Eliminated)
Game 12 West Chester 14, Shippensburg 6 (5 Innings) (Loser Eliminated)
Friday, May 3
Game 13 Lock Haven 2, Kutztown 1
Game 14 Gannon 8, West Chester 7 (Loser Eliminated)
Game 15 Gannon vs. Kutztown (Loser Eliminated) at 3:20 p.m. |
LIVE STATS
Friday, May 4
Game 16 Game 13 winner vs. Game 15 winner at 12 p.m.
Game 17 (if necessary) If Winner of Game 15 wins Game 16 (Immediately after Game 16)
GANNON TEAM NOTES
- The Lady Knights clinched their third consecutive regular season PSAC Western Division title last Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Slippery Rock.
- Gannon finished with a 14-6 conference record.
- Gannon is making its ninth straight trip to the PSAC Tournament after winning the championship in 2018 for the first time in program history.
- The Lady Knights have the fourth-lowest ERA in the conference at 2.61. Junior Madi Beining (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) has won nine straight decisions for a 14-5 record, including six shutouts, to go with a 2.16 ERA and 86 strikeouts. Sophomore Kennedy DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau) stands with an 8-5 record and a 2.86 ERA.
- The GU pitching unit has held its opposition to a .256 batting average, which is the fifth-lowest in the PSAC.
- As a team, Gannon is batting .303, led by junior Sarah Ingerick (Middlebury Center, Pa./Wellsboro Area), who is hitting .380 with team-highs in hits (49) and runs (22).
- The Lady Knights rank second in the conference in slugging percentage at .489 and second in home runs with 35.
- Junior Lisa Szajn (Maple, Ontario/St. Joan of Arc Catholic) sits just behind Ingerick with a .364 batting average, 39 hits, six homers and 22 RBI, while junior Taylor Wilp (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) (.337) has a team-high 13 doubles.
- Sophomore Kaity Stocker (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe), who set Gannon's single-season home run record last spring, has a team-high nine homers and 27 RBI this year.
- Rachel Tanilli (Gibsonia, Pa./Deer Lakes) leads the team in stolen bases with eight.
- In contrast, the Lady Knights have only surrendered 13 home runs, which is the third-least in the conference.
- Gannon is 5-3 all-time against Mansfield.
- The Lady Knights last met the Mounties in the second round of the 2014 PSAC Tournament. Gannon rallied for a 3-2 walk-off victory in the ninth.
UP NEXT
- The winner of the PSAC Tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA regional tournament running May 9-11.
